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mu·lat·to

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–noun

1.	the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use.

2.	a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian.

–adjective

3.	of a light-brown color.

[Origin: 1585–95; < Sp mulato young mule, equiv. to mul(o) mule¹ + -ato of unclear orig.

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mu·lat·to Audio Help (mŏŏ-lāt'ō, -lä'tō, myŏŏ-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes

A person having one white and one Black parent. See Usage Note at octoroon.
A person of mixed white and Black ancestry.

[Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.]

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mulatto

1595, from Sp. or Port. mulato "of mixed breed," lit. "young mule," from mulo "mule," from L. mulus (fem. mula) "mule," possibly in allusion to hybrid origin of mules. Fem. mulatta is attested from 1622.

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mulatto
noun
an offspring of a black and a white parent

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Mulatto

Mu*lat"to\, n.; pl. Mulattoes. [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

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